There were so few actually good horror movies that got released last year with the year being filled with more bad then good horror films. However one of the good horror films that came out last year is also the very film that i'm about to review for you all today as this film really is a film that's worth talking about and so then join me as I review the film that is basically a more campy version of Child's Play with the film in question being called simply just "M3Gan" enjoy.
The plot of the film is when her parents are killed in a car crash young Cady is sent to live with her workaholic aunt inventor Gemma who invents a toy to comfort Cady but also harbors deadly secrets of it's own. Now the inters if what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad with this films plot being dumb but enjoyably dumb with this films plot being the kind of plot that you can just switch your brain of and enjoy it with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining with the films plot also at times also being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this film is Allison Williams as Gemma , Violet McGraw as Cady and Ronny Chieng as David. Also starring in this film is Amie Donald as M3GAN , Jenna Davis as The Voice of M3GAN , Brian Jordan Alvarez as Cole , Jen Van Epps as Tess , Stephane Garneau-Monten as Kurt , Power Ranger star Lori Dungey as Celia , Amy Usherwood as Lydia , Jack Cassidy as Brandon , Michael Saccente as Greg , Samson Chan-Boon as Officer Carter , Kira Josephson as Ava , Renee Lyons as Holly and Arlo Green as Ryan.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty alot better then what it really had any right to be. As nobody would expect good acting from this film and that's exactly what we get from this film as all of this films cast turn in some really good performances in this film with the true standout for this film performance wise being Allison Williams who rather rightfully was getting alot of praise for this film with all of the cast being helped by the fact that the script for this film is just so good that all the films cast have to do is just the say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out them naturally as that's just how good this films script and because of that the acting is so much better then what it really had any right to be.
One of the key themes that this films deals with is that of death and how that can effect a young child and how a young child can process the idea of loosing a loved one like a parent or a close family member for example. With M3gan basically being there for the first half of the movie to help Cady to cope with the death with her parents with this being done really well as it helps to make someone who we know is going to cause more emotional harm to Cady later on in the film seem more likable then the person who is actually meant to give her alot of love and support with this film handling this theme really well and not only that the theme is a really refreshing as very few horror films have used this idea as a theme for there movie and even fewer have done this theme really well which is the case for this film.
To put it bluntly this film is a more campy version of Child's Play with both films having killer dolls and both films trying to burst up a mystery on if the kid that the doll in question belongs to is actually committing the crimes or not. However where as Child's Play played it straight this film leans into the fact that it's a campy and because of that we do get some genuinely funny moments in the film like the fact that M3gan just keeps on telling Cady to flush the toilet it's a simple joke but it works and this film is filled to the brim with them and while alot of this films jokes do clash with the films tone alot of the time the jokes are still funny with the jokes not really taking away from the film and not clashing with the films tone all that much but when the film does tell a joke during a moment when it's not really needed you really do know about it as it's nine times out of ten a really bad joke that takes you out of the movie.
To let you all know this review is based of off the unrated curt of the film which means that we get a pointless song in this film. With the song in question being called "Tell Me Your Dreams" which while it does make sense why it's included in this film as it's a song that M3gan uses to form a more emotional connection with Cady it also comes out of nowhere and it adds nothing to the overall plot of the film with it just being there because it's on the films soundtrack album and nothing more then that but where as it does make sense why that song is included in this film what doesn't make sense is the fact that the film has M3gan sing another song near the end of the film this one being "Titanium" which doesn't make sense as there was no reason for this song to be included in the final cut of the film whatsoever and is there just for padding and really nothing more then that.
Sadly the biggest issue with this film even in the unrated cut of the film is the fact that alot of it's characters are really underdeveloped. With the worst example of this being M3gan herself who is just a two dimensional character which in one sense does make sense as she's a robot that is constantly learning and evolving as the film progresses but at the same time tho she's still a one dimensional character and that makes it harder for us the audience to form a connection with her as a character with the same thing also being true for Gemma as well as she really isn't given that much of a personality aside from being a workaholic but that also doubles up as being apart of her character arc as well where as with M3gan she doesn't get that luxury and while we do get to find out why she's killing people as she hasn't been tought right from wrong and as such she does genuinely believe that what she's doing is the right thing to do she still needs to be given something in the way of a personality so that we the audience can form a connection with her as a character which is something that really does harm the film.
Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember what this films grand total running time even was but I know for a fact that this film has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly one hour and thirty seven minuets. Which is a solid running time for this film to have as this film really doesn't have alot of story to cover a longer running time but with that being said it would have made this film even better if this film was a little bit longer as it would have allowed for alot of this films characters to be more fully developed then what they already are but on the flip side of that is the fact that the films campy nature would ultimately harm the film even more if the film was even a little bit longer then what it already is as there's really only so much campiness that you can handle before it starts to harm the film but I will admit that this film really does have some truly wonderful pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is a horror film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this films kills being helped by the fact that this is the unrated cut as that means that the films kills can be as gory as it wants to be and because of that the film can get away with having some really cool looking kills in it which unlike the theatrical version of the film alot of the kills in this film actually appear on screen with the only one that happens of screen is the death of the dog which is understandable but that change the fact that the film really does have some really good looking kills in it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this is a really good film that is hugely entertaining with this cut of the film being the better version of the film but it's still a really flawed film albeit one that's rather fun to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked abut all of the good and as well as all of the bad things in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Child's Play fandom wiki page , the official M3Gan fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film up on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as alot of them all mostly being really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.
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